In almost every country, pregnant women are advised not to eat deli or luncheon meat (also called 'lunch meat'). This includes pepperoni and salami. In this article, I'll use the term deli meat,...
Category: Meat & Seafood
Of all the foods I've written about, whether you can eat ham if you're pregnant wins the prize for having the most confusing, muddled and contradictory answers. Here, I've tried to break down...
Hot dogs (and all their counterparts like brats or bratwurst, bockwurst, and frankfurters) are a common craving among pregnant women. The advice on whether you can eat hot dogs during pregnancy...
Pregnant women are often aware that they have to include fish and oily fish in their maternal diet. However, the recommended quantities are not always clear, and nor is other information about...
New as of September 2022: The Food Standards Agency in the UK has now updated its advice. Cold-smoked, uncooked salmon is now considered a higher listeria risk in Britain, as it is already in the USA...
Lobster is one of those foods that pregnant women ask me about a lot. It's confusing because it's not clear-cut depending on the way the lobster is served, from bisque to rolls or cooked in...
